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Sam Glaser-Nolan
Sam is an Associate Advisor at BIT Americas based in Washington, DC, where he applies behavioral science to improve state and federal government operations, policies, and programs. Most recently, Sam worked in the University of California, Berkeley's The People Lab, striving to transform the public sector, by producing cutting-edge research on the people in government…
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Alice Escande
Alice est Conseillère Senior au BIT France où elle travaille sur des projets à impact social dans les domaines de la santé publique, du bien-être et de la cohésion sociale. Avant de rejoindre le BIT, elle a travaillé en tant que Associée Senior au Busara Center for Behavioral Economics au…
- Blog
- 17th Jun 2021
Podcast: COVID vaccines & tech repairability
Working with mayors across the US on engaging with people who are cautious or unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccine and supporting the French government's plans to promote a more sustainable and circular economy by encouraging people to repair rather than replace tech products.
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Erin Britton
Erin is a Senior Advisor at BIT Americas. Prior to joining BIT, Erin worked as a social impact consultant, providing strategy, capacity building, and program evaluation support to nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and foundations across the U.S. and internationally. Her work and interests lie in managing change, building strong, collaborative…
- Podcast: Inside The Nudge Unit
- 22nd Apr 2021
Creating better markets
Professor David Halpern, speaks to the New South Wales Minister for Customer Service, Victor Dominello and discuss why other governments should have a Minister for Customer Service, how behavioural insights can improve economic policy, how markets can be made more transparent and when governments should intervene in markets
- Blog
- 22nd Apr 2021
Vaccine communications: Equipping community advocates with behavioural science principles
How can governments, nonprofits, and others promote vaccine uptake among people that are questioning or hesitant?
- Blog
- 8th Apr 2021
Results from (probably) the first behavioural experiments with landlords in the UK
There is a growing need to establish effective ways to encourage private landlords to let properties to those on Universal Credit, both from a property owner and renter point of view. To address the dearth of evidence in this space, we ran two online randomised controlled trials, using our experiment platform…
- Academic publication
- 1st Apr 2021
Applying behavioural science to the annual electoral canvass in England: Evidence from a large-scale randomised controlled trial
While certain behavioural interventions can improve the efficiency of the annual canvass, other approaches or interventions may be needed to increase voter registration rates and update voter information.
- Blog
- 26th Mar 2021
Why policymakers need Netflix, and why Netflix needs behavioural insights
Mass media interventions have been successful at shifting a variety of behaviours, from encouraging HIV testing in Nigeria through an MTV show Shuga, to reducing inter-ethnic prejudice in Rwanda through radio shows, to increasing reporting of domestic violence using short films at film festivals in Uganda. But understanding how mass media…
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- 16th Mar 2021
Narratives as a tool: shifting mindsets at scale
Stories provide an accessible way of presenting complex issues. They make it easier for us to relate to people from different backgrounds. Stories' ability to transport us can also make us less likely to push back against the assumptions in a narrative. They can even change health behaviors; researchers have…